Director Yoo Jae-seon entered Cannes with his feature film debut 'Sleep'... Director Bong Joon-ho also praised it.

Source: Lotte Entertainment

[The Fact｜Reporter Park Ji-yoon] Actors Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun will present a new film at the Cannes Film Festival.

According to the executive committee of Critics Week at 11 am (local time) on the 17th, 'Sleep' (directed by Yoo Jae-sun) will be officially invited to the National Film Festival's Critics' Week. The 76th Cannes Film Festival. Therefore, Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun's special chemistry as a couple will be shown for the first time in the world at Cannes.

The work depicts the story of two people trying to unravel the secret of their husband's strange behavior in his sleep and the terrible fear that begins as soon as he falls asleep.

Jung Yoo-mi placed fourth behind 'I Don't Know You' (Director's Week 2009), 'In Another Country' (2012 Competition) and 'Train to Busan' (Not 2016 Competition), and Lee Sun- kyun is 'Going to the End' (Director's Week 2014) and Palme d'Or 'Parasite' (competition 2019).

Cannes is one of the most prestigious international film festivals and attracts the most attention from movie fans around the world.

Among them, 'Sleep' was invited to the Critics Week organized by the French Critics Association and focused on discovering new talent. In particular, 'Sleep' despite being a commercial film with a strong genre color, it was invited to Critics Week and recognized for its workmanship and completeness.

In addition, 'Sleep' is director Yoo Jae-sun's first feature film and was nominated for the Camera d'or award given to the most promising new director of the year. The Golden Camera Award selects the best film among all the films by new directors invited to the Cannes International Film Festival as a feature debut, including Competition, Uncertain, Week Critics and Directors Week.

Director Yoo Jae-seon, who participated in Cannes with his first feature film 'Sleep', said, "I would like to express my deep gratitude to the actors and production team who put their hearts and their minds on a production called 'Sleep'. "I'm delighted to be able to show it on the show," he said, "I am simultaneously delighted and excited to see what audiences around the world will see. 'Sleep' like."

Manuel Chiche, CEO of The Jokers Films, the French distributor of 'Sleep', said of 'Sleep', "It's a film that blends dark humor, fear and crisis of a couple. . Director Yoo Jae-sun has achieved this. achieving it for the first time, must be the best that a Korean film can offer."

Ava Cahen, executive chairman of Critics Weekly, said, "Director Jae-sun Yoo's first film, 'Sleep,' never sleeps. Bong Joon-ho's former assistant director makes a sensational movie about a young couple struggling before and after having a baby. I did it," he said, explaining why he chose 'Sleep'.

In particular, director Bong Joon-ho said, "This is the most unique horror film I've seen in the past 10 years, and it's a smart debut. The film about an unpredictable couple. takes place in the most ordinary everyday space. I hope," he complimented.

The 76th Cannes International Film Festival will be held in Cannes, France from May 16 to 27.